Armenia’s Minister of High Technological Industry Hakob Arshakyan has announced his resignation on Facebook. He wrote:
“Today is my last working day as Minister of High Technological Industry.
As a citizen of Armenia, I consider unacceptable the use of force by an official against any citizen; we ought to move on the path of having a violence-free society.
As a high-ranking official, a person representing Armenia in the international arena, I ought to serve the public with my own experience as an example. Thus, I am expressing my intolerance to violence, both psychological and physical. I hope what has taken place will serve as a lesson for our public and we will love each other a little bit more and will respect everyone’s right to personal, family life.
I, first, want to thank Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the trust and the opportunity of serving our Homeland in this high position. I also want to thank our colleagues of the government for the joint productive work”, he said and thanked the ministry, its whole staff for the joint work.
“I thank our citizens who trusted, loved or did not appreciate or criticized me during my tenure. I assure you that every word of encouragement and criticism has found its place in our daily work and success.
I thank the thousands of employees of the bodies subordinated to the ministry. Nothing is more important than the daily-devoted work of each of you. Please, continue to work with the dictates of your heart and love for our country, only in this way you can find the way to success and development, for both you and the state.
Many crossroads appear at work. The skill of the head or leader is, first of all, in making the right choice of the way, therefore it is impossible to fulfill everyone’s wish at once. The priority interests of the state and the society have always guided the team of the ministry.
Many of our brothers fell in the battle. I bow my head in memory of them and their families. Their heroism will remain in our hearts forever. We have a very beautiful country, where strong and good people live, do not divide and classify each other, we will build a happy, secure and developed country together, with the daily hard and consistent work of each of us.
I will continue to work for the development of our beloved Homeland, the Republic of Armenia,” Arshakyan wrote.
